#om

I was only 24 then, but 18 of those 24 years had been dedicated to wanting to get to that moment. ↗

— Marion Jones

#dedicated #get #had #i #moment

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone. ↗

— Mother Jones

#alone #believe #committed #either #ever

I love film, and I would love to be a part of something that people universally love as a piece of film. Sure. Of course I would. And I would love to take acting lessons, and see that side of it someday. But I'm a musician. ↗

— Norah Jones

#course #film #i #i love #lessons

I think singing comes most naturally for me. Because it's part of your body - it's a natural thing. You can practice all you want but it's part of your body. ↗

— Norah Jones

#body #comes #i #i think #me

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#economics #found #i #money #out

If someone isn't in your definition of "gorgeous" or "beautiful", it doesn't give you the right to call them ugly. ↗

— Abdullah Bashir

#friendship #inspirational #love #beauty

A brick could be used as a Sexual Orientation Device. But I don’t need it, because I know my sexual orientation—north!
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself. ↗

— Shane MacGowan

#else #gives #hear #i #me

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living isn't complicated enough ↗

— Carlos Luiz Zafon

#experience #wisdom #experience

I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#could #fact #family #family structure #financially